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So who else was lucky to snatch this highly anticipated sequel to Leaf's last game? I got this from a good friend who managed to get it early (don't ask how; he won't tell me either).

Already quite an entertaining game, and actually very easy and straightforward (as in I was able to get everything, CG's, Memories, and Seiyuu's interviews, in just a few hours). And I've already got favorites. I'll start with my #1 favorite, Silfa.
(note since I'm not so adept at Japanese much of the stories I put are based on speculation)

Spoiler:

Silfa is one of Ilfa's sisters, thus one of the HMX-17 Maid Robots (her designation is HMX-17c). Takaaki first meets her early in the game (she will appear no matter what) when she gets shipped to him in a box big enough to contain a refrigerator (in fact the box itself is labelled to be that for a ref), and when he opens it she falls out of it, naked! (so a h-image already early in the game) So Takaaki dresses her up and activates her, but seems to have trouble configuring her while reading the manual (if all the keyboard typing sounds plus Silfa's moaning and groaning is of any indication).

In many ways she's like To Heart's Multi - not so good at kitchen chores (which she's supposed to be designed for), as in her cooking doesn't look so appetizing (so Konomi's mom Haruka helps out in that department at first), and she's clumsy (judging from the sounds of falling objects now and then). Also, she's very emo for a robot (if Yuma and Ruri were emo enough, Silfa is even moreso, in fact she blushes a lot), starting from being shy and moe at first to becoming a major Tsundere.

Spoiler for Don't make Silfa angry:

Apparently she's problematic enough for Ilfa to show up and help out.

Spoiler for Ilfa muttering something during the issue of Silfa then laughs over it:

In fact she uses her shipping box as her personal space now and then, hiding in it and sulking when she's feeling down.

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Her emotional outbursts and cuteness have earned her my favorite slot, including her really cute avatar in the location menu:

And this is my second favorite, Yochi.

Spoiler:

One of Konomi's two friends from Junior High (the other is Charu; also winnable).
Takaaki can meet her by ignoring the first girls in the game (click on the "backyard" icon until Yochi and Charu show up).

She's energetic and bubbly, and apparently prim and proper - she calls Takaaki a pervert a few times! And she gives him the "Naru Punch" when she catches him staring at Konomi's mom Haruka in a bathing suit in a swimming pool trip.

Spoiler for MILF alert:

And yes she's winnable in this game, much to Konomi's embarrassment. But her story is for another time.

Of course Yochi's reaction to Takaaki's "bad behavior":

There's one really hilarious event where apparently Yochi gets caught in a trap set by Ruuko.

Spoiler:

Don't ask. I have no idea what the hell is going on here.

She also has hidden softer sides, like the fact that she's scared to death of Thunder (and clings to Takaaki during a thunderstorm while they're at her house).

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And when she gets together with Takaaki

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she gets into a guilt trip because she knows Konomi also likes Takaaki for some time, considering the Childhood friends factor. She tries to push Takaaki away at one point until he kisses her. Then later when Konomi sees them together Yochi apolozies profusely for "stealing" Takaaki, but Konomi assures her it's alright and that she's happy for them.

I shall be procuring a copy of the game myself in a few days time when the more hardcore members of the "internets" have cleared the game and posted their walkthroughs everywhere.

When I first saw the first few seconds of the OP, it looked exactly the same as the original TH2 game that I thought whether I was watching the wrong video, then instead of Yuma riding down the hill on her bike, we get Ikuno riding down on her wheelchair, I thought "OK, this looks entertaining".

I think Konomi and Tama-nee are the only two girls carried over from the original TH2 story that are still playable characters.

I actually concur with the Konomi/Tamaki path as well. Good story, considering it actually continues from where the original TH2 game left off from Konomi's "good" ending (where Takaaki considers her a friend than a girl, and then Tamaki shows up and decides to share him with Konomi).

I'll also put up my "not so favorite" girls, starting with Milfa

Spoiler:

I actually forgot she was supposed to be one of the HMX-17 Maid Robots (HMX-17b if I'm not mistaken) because she appeared without the "antenna ears" and in a school uniform, plus the fact that she's so clingy to Takaaki so as to call him "darling" in front of everyone (starting with Konomi, who is flabbergasted by this) and even kisses him in public. Also, she introduces herself in class as "Harumi" (?) confusing the hell out of class rep Komaki.

Because I was just breezing through the game (by holding the CTRL key) I don't hear any mention of the name "Milfa" by anyone and I only realize who she is by the time she faints and ends up "confined" in the Himeyuri's residence (I also was wondering why Ilfa was talking to Takaaki a lot during this path).

I won't say much more because I find her so annoying (she even butted in on Yochi's path going on an impromptu date with him before he met back up with Yochi later; also she got into a catfight with her sister Silfa in the latter's path). I remember seeing her picture among the teasers and had high hopes for her, but after playing the game, those hopes were dashed (though I'll admit she got a little better after her "reboot" when Sango decided to do some troubleshooting on her).

Okay, using a technique to let AGTH translate the text (sure took some work but I got it), I have some idea of Silfa's story.

Spoiler:

It appears that Silfa is a defective robot - very emotional, rebellious, and dishonest, and was slated to being dismantled and scrapped by the manufacturer. She was aware of this and apparently ran away, hiding in the shipping crate that was sent to Takaaki. In fact when Takaaki was about to call the manufacturer when Silfa wasn't doing her chores right, she prevented the call and begged him not to let anyone know where she is. This also explains why she's afraid of strangers, and why she hides in her box often.

Later Ilfa talks to Takaaki about this, and it seems Ilfa is a very stern disciplinarian of a big sister towards Silfa, actually wanting to literally spank her on the butt when Silfa slapped Takaaki (who interrupted this). Then to protect Silfa and give her a chance, Ilfa gives Takaaki a "Maid Robot Authorization Card" which gives Takaaki authority to take Silfa in and train and evaulate Silfa by playing the role of a husband (hence Silfa calls Takaaki "kosujin-sama", if I got that right).

As to why she gets into catfights with her sister Milfa (aka Harumi), it's because Milfa is a better robot in terms of household chores and outdoes Silfa especially in cooking, which gives Silfa a lot of insecurity.

Also on Milfa

Spoiler:

If what I gathered is right, it should confirm the rumor from a blog I read that Milfa is a mental-transferrence (i.e. AI transferred from another system) from the automated stuffed toy bear that Sango was working on from game 1 and the anime - the same bear Takakki looked at from the underside causing it to hit him and jump back, and Ruri accuses Takaaki of being a pervert for looking at a girl's crotch. I get the feeling that that act gave the AI the idea that Takaaki took its "chastity", thus during the conversion to HMX-17b, that idea manifested itself into Milfa's clinginess to Takaaki.

A conversation with Ilfa suggests that Milfa wants to be thought of as human, which is another factor to her clingy behavior, and apparently her name Harumi Kono was given to her as a favor asked of from Ilfa so that Milfa can get close to Takaaki.

Also, Milfa's new name Harumi seems to have been derived from the Japanese pronounciation Mirufa spelled backward (Fa-ru-mi, which sounds like Ha-ru-mi).

Here's something that caught my attention
One day Milfa finds some kittens and decides to keep them in the school much to the teachers' dismay. She keeps them in the student council room, to the delight of Tamaki and Konomi. Tamaki suggests keeping them in a cage for their own safety, but Milfa objects. Much later on Tamaki rushes to Takaaki in a panic because the kittens got out when she opened the door. The four of them go on a search.
And here's the interesting part: Milfa is on the phone talking to her "onee-chan" (presumably Ilfa) and says something about Satellites, hacking, United States, and Soviet Union (??? does she intend to hack into US and Soviet Spy Satellites just to locate the lost kittens!?!?)

Also tried it on Yochi's route

Spoiler:

I might be mistaken but it seems there's a point where Yochi and Charu get into a fight and end up not seeing each other for some time (and this seems to be start of where the option to see Yochi only has Yochi's chibi form instead of the two friends together in the location menu). So one day while eating out Takaaki drags Yochi to Charu's place and forces them to make up. Neither wants to apologize to the other, so Takaaki decides to settle it with a board game (not sure what it is, but it sounds like Railroad Tycoon), and the loser will apologize to the winner. Yochi loses, but doesn't want to concede and accuses Takaaki of conspiring with Charu (who says "Good job" in english), and her lively personality really goes all out here (as in she's really loud and blabbering).

Yochi demands a second game, so Takaaki suggests a card game (highest card wins. Blackjack perhaps?). Yochi wins the first round, but begins losing each succeeding round. Apparently, Charu is good at Card Counting so is able to beat Yochi.

After a third game demanded by Yochi, she still comes out the loser, so Takaaki declares Charu the winner. Yochi finally admits defeat. Charu then states that Yochi do something as an apology. What is Yochi to do? Serve tea, in a naked apron! However, Charu changes her mind moments later. (dang it!)

Found a funny comment from Charu during the Swimming Pool trip: (note: based on Atlas translation)
"Yochi is a lonely woman who doesn't have a boyfriend to show off her bathing suit to"
This was followed by another funny comment regarding Yochi's boobs ("growing since summer", and something to do with buying a new swimsuit every year). Needless to say Yochi was pissed off.

More funnies: when Takaaki sees Haruka there, and asks what she's doing, she replies that she's dieting. (which is unnecessary for her given her current figure). Also, when Yochi addresses her as "auntie" (obaa-sama), Haruka "corrects" Yochi by insisting on being called "big sister" (onee-sama) .

Then there's the part where Yochi is pissed because of Takaaki inadvertedly staring at Haruka (you know why ). And it seems Yochi comes to the conclusion that Takaaki has an Oedipus Complex (that's the exact wording from the AGTH/Atlas translator).

Okay, this one made me LOL. 2 days after the swimming pool trip a very hungry Takaaki (who inadvertedly pissed off Silfa the previous day by walking in on her while she was dressing up, thus the robot maid refused to cook dinner and breakfast for him), bumped into Yuuji, Konomi, and Yochi. Yochi belittled Takaaki at first for his "pervertedness", then began stuttering (perhaps she was going to give him a bento). Takaaki responds (again AGTH translation) "Cock-a-doodledoo?" (the original Japanese text is コケコッコ?). Of course Yochi vehemently says "That's not it!".

Unfortunately before she can give her bento to Takaaki she's interrupted when Harumi, Nanako, Marianne, and Charu all show up offering their own Bentos (after apparently hearing the news about Takaaki not eating two meals in a row), but not before Silfa angrily shows up and shoves her own bento to Takaaki. In the end Takaaki is swamped with a mountain of Bentos, and to top it off Konomi gives her own too.

Now this takes the cake. From what I gathered in the next meeting with Yochi, she seems to be really conscious about her boobs. When Charu points out that Yochi's blouse has one undone button and that Takaaki can see her cleavage, Yochi gets into a fit and launches a rant about boob fetishes (AGTH translation for the term is "Milk Maniac", but I'm sure I have the gist of it right). Apparently Charu has no misgivings about this and encourages Takaaki to fantasize or something, much to Yochi's irritation. The conversation goes here and there and Charu says something that kind of stikes a nerve, and eventually

Spoiler:

Yochi actually decides to "give her chest" to Takaaki - or rather, let Takaaki grope her boobs! And he does, albiet hesitantly, while Yochi reacts as erotically (i.e. moans) . After a few moments of going "dame" (i.e. pleading to stop), she finally loses it and decks Takaaki enough to knock him out.

Oh boy Yochi's path is full of silly surprises. At the next meeting Yochi rants about Takaaki not making it though the "boy's rite of passage" (don't know how that came up). The really funny part was what Takaaki said as a suggestion to sum it up

To all those who worry why such a loli like Nanako is a playable-character in a game designated as R-18, fear not, for she has NO H-scenes whatsoever. (Sorry to dash all your lolicon hopes, folks. )

Haruka actually has her own ending. I thought so near the beginning when Takaaki dreamt about her alone with him in a classroom. Now why can't Key take a Leaf (pun intended) from their rival and have a bonus Akiko-san or Sanae-san ending?

Oh, and I hate to disappoint all you MILF-lovers, but Haruka too has no H-scenes.

Anyway, I've barely just started. Such an excruciatingly long prologue, into the third day of the story and still no end in sight to the branching off.

I think I'll start off with Harumi, mainly because the moment she enters and she is already getting on my nerves. At least Maryan-sempai knows what she's doing with her antics and definitely knows when to stop, but Harumi has absolutely no idea how annoying she is. I'll just have to see if she's still annoying as I progress.

Though an interesting line popped up during one of her scenes, when Takaaki asked the teacher to help bail him out from Harumi's antics, he merely responded:

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Aliens, espers and time travellers are your responsibility. The whole class knows that.

Which is true, since he's taken care of Ruuko, but that's not the point. The point is the writers have jumped in the bandwagon to have a dig at Haruhi-ism. Though Leaf certainly isn't the first to do that, that honour goes to Navel's Shuffle spin-off Really? Really!

Alien: Ruuko Kireinasora, check
Esper: Kotone Himekawa (if she can make a cameo from TH1 just like Multi and Serio did), check
Time Traveller: Yuki Kusakabe (if I'm not mistaken, she went on a time-jump to save Takaaki's life), check

Although, what does Harumi have to do with it since

Spoiler:

She's an HMX series android? (HMX-17b aka Milfa) After all the teacher didn't include robots in the list of "responsibilities"

That is indeed her full name. It's even mentioned in the game, have you not played her route yet?

Speaking of which, I need to take a day off in order to finish this game, progress is at snail's pace since I "have a life".

This just feels longer than the original TH2 game, and is it me or do eroges these days have epic lengthy ecchi scenes now? Compared to in the past when it's just a few sentences, 1 CG image and no voices. Now you get 20 paragraphs which take an hour to read, 50 "juicy" CG images and voices to make you suffer from blood lost via the nose. (Not that I'm complaining. But it'd be helpful if I could be given an option to skip those scenes altogether occasionally if I'm in a hurry. )

That is indeed her full name. It's even mentioned in the game, have you not played her route yet?

Speaking of which, I need to take a day off in order to finish this game, progress is at snail's pace since I "have a life".

This just feels longer than the original TH2 game, and is it me or do eroges these days have epic lengthy ecchi scenes now? Compared to in the past when it's just a few sentences, 1 CG image and no voices. Now you get 20 paragraphs which take an hour to read, 50 "juicy" CG images and voices to make you suffer from blood lost via the nose. (Not that I'm complaining. But it'd be helpful if I could be given an option to skip those scenes altogether occasionally if I'm in a hurry. )

Well if it was mentioned, I didn't encounter it, or perhaps I didn't discern it.

hmm. actually i just want to know if this game has an english translation patch, if it is yes, ill try to play the game if it has not then ill find another one. thats what i intend, and i dont request translation projects to start with or whatever but i just want to know if there is any for a sake of information.